119-s2152

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[S. 2152 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 2152

To require the Secretary of Defense to submit annual reports on allied 
 contributions to the common defense, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 June 24, 2025

 Mr. Lee (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, and Mr. Paul) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
 Foreign Relations

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 A BILL

To require the Secretary of Defense to submit annual reports on allied 
 contributions to the common defense, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Allied Burden Sharing Report Act''.

SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORT ON ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMON DEFENSE.

    (a) 

=== Finding ===
-Congress finds that 

section 1003 of the Department of 
Defense Authorization Act, 1985 (Public Law 98-525; 63 Stat. 2241)--

    (1) expresses the sense of Congress that, due to threats 
 that are ever-changing, Congress must be informed with respect 
 to allied contributions to the common defense to properly 
 assess the readiness of the United States and the countries 
 described in subsection
            (c) (2) for threats; and

    (2) requires the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress 
 an annual report on the contributions of allies to the common 
 defense.

    (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--

    (1) the threats facing the United States--
        (A) extend beyond the global war on terror; and
        (B) include near-peer threats; and

    (2) the President should seek from each country described 
 in subsection
            (c) (2) acceptance of international security 
 responsibilities and agreements to make contributions to the 
 common defense in accordance with the collective defense 
 agreements or treaties to which such country is a party.
            (c) Annual Report on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense.--

    (1) In general.--Not later than March 1 each year, the 
 Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the heads of other 
 Federal agencies, as the Secretary determines to be necessary, 
 shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report 
 containing a description of--
        (A) the annual defense spending by each country 
 described in paragraph

    (2) , including available data on 
 nominal budget figures and defense spending as a 
 percentage of the gross domestic products of each such 
 country for the fiscal year immediately preceding the 
 fiscal year in which the report is submitted;
        (B) the activities of each such country to 
 contribute to military or stability operations in which 
 the Armed Forces of the United States are a participant 
 or may be called upon in accordance with a cooperative 
 defense agreement to which the United States is a 
 party;
            (C) any limitations placed by any such country on 
 the use of such contributions; and
            (D) any actions undertaken by the United States or 
 by other countries to minimize such limitations.

    (2) Countries described.--The countries described in this 
 paragraph are the following:
        (A) Each member country of the North Atlantic 
 Treaty Organization.
        (B) Each member country of the Gulf Cooperation 
 Council.
            (C) Each country party to the Inter-American Treaty 
 of Reciprocal Assistance (Rio Treaty), done at Rio de 
 Janeiro September 2, 1947, and entered into force 
 December 3, 1948 (TIAS 1838).
            (D) Australia.
        (E) Japan.
        (F) New Zealand.
        (G) The Philippines.
        (H) South Korea.
            (I) Thailand.

    (3) Form.--Each report under paragraph

    (1) shall be 
 submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified 
 annex.

    (4) Availability.--A report submitted under paragraph

    (1) shall be made available on request to any Member of Congress.
            (d) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--

    (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
 Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
 Senate; and

    (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
 Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
 House of Representatives.
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